Improvement in granulating metals



J. FEIX. GRANULATING METALS,

PATENTBD SEPT. 16, 1856.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

IMPROVEMENT iN GEANULATING METALS.

Specification formingl part of Letters Patent No. 15,733, dated September 16, 1856.

To all whom it may eoncem Be it known that I, JOHN FEIX', of' `San Francisco, in the'` eounty of ,San Francisco and State Of California, have invented a new .and useful machine called Practical Grannlator, for granulating gold, sil'v'e1,'eopper, tin, zinc, and othermetals 5 and l'do hereby declare that the followingl'is a full, clear, and-exact description of the construction and Operation of the saine, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in-Whieh- Figure l is the-outerkettle, made of copper, zinc, ,or any other suitable metal, in which is 'set (Fig. 2) the inner kettle, leaving space enough between these two vessels to let the stream of. Water overflowing from said inner and lower kettle run down freely to' get a passage out throughthe hole inthe center of the bottolnofthe outside vessel. This inside kettle, Fig. 2, at about two-thirds of its height is girdled by (Fig. 3).' a'ppe of proper dimen-` sion, keeping open' passage to the hold of the vessel, Fig. 2,`through4 ajvproportionate nulnber of hollowangles 'orelboW-shaped tubes,

andforeing the-steamfof 'eoldf'water into the inner kettle, whereit Whirls in a rotary motion,

when vthe melted metal is to be poured in and thereby7 thinly granulated. Fig. 4, a tube from a Watertank .or reservoir, and While the fresh Water streaming' down the tube by opening (Fig. 5) the stop cock. It` is let Out'through the hole in the bottoniot' the outside kettle, Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a tin or copper pan', pierced with small holes on 'the margin and only in the halfei rcle'of its bottom. Fig. `Represents three handles or ears, by which the lgranulation after dropping into the pan, is lifted out and the remaining Water strained through the little holes.

What I claim. as my invention, and desire to secure b y Letters Patent, is

The use of the outer and inner Vessel, l and 2, when constructed `and operated in themannrr described, in connection with the pipe 3 and its elbows, vas set forth, for keeping the Water in circulation and for granulating the metals y l JOHN FEX. [1.. s] Witnesses: En. BENSON, LEOPOLD Kun. 

